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Showing posts with label immigrant. Show all posts
Showing posts with label immigrant. Show all posts
Saturday, May 30, 2026
ICE agent arrested for January shooting of immigrant in Minnesota - POLITICO
The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office, which initially brought the charges, announced the apprehension of Christian Castro, 52, in Texas on Friday. He faces four counts of second-degree assault for the non-fatal shooting of Venezuelan immigrant Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis in January, and one count of falsely reporting a crime for his actions in the aftermath...
Tuesday, May 19, 2026
Minnesota prosecutors charge ICE agent in shooting of Venezuelan man - POLITICO
“Mr. Castro is an ICE agent, but his federal badge does not make him immune from state charges for his criminal conduct in Minnesota,” Moriarty said. “I’ve said it many times and I’ll say it again: there is no such thing as absolute immunity for federal officers who commit crimes in this state or any other.”…
Friday, August 1, 2025
Georgia detainee with prosthetic legs who objected to flooded cell sent to solitary
Rodney Taylor recently spent three days in what CoreCivic calls a "restrictive housing unit" at Georgia's Stewart detention center, after refusing to enter his cell because a leak had left the floor with about an inch of water. That would be a potential disaster for Taylor, since his battery-powered, microprocessor-controlled prosthetic legs can't get wet...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/31/georgia-detainee-double-amputee-solitary-confinement
Tuesday, July 29, 2025
Wednesday, June 4, 2025
US man charged for framing immigrant in fake plot to kill Trump | Milwaukee | The Guardian
…a criminal complaint alleges Demetric Scott admitted to investigators he wrote the letters threatening to kill the president in the name of Ramon Morales-Reyes, whom he was previously charged with assaulting.
Sunday, April 13, 2025
Thursday, February 13, 2025
Uline turned to Mexico to staff warehouses, but paid them a fraction of US workers, sources say
At company owned by a Trump mega-donor workers brought from Mexico earned per day about the same as their US counterparts were paid by the hour….
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/12/uline-trump-mega-donors-underpaid-mexican-workers
Wednesday, January 8, 2025
Monday, December 27, 2021
‘A lot of abuse for little pay’: how US farming profits from exploitation and brutality
' The investigation, Operation Blooming Onion, found the conspirators forced workers to pay fees for transportation to the US, food, and housing through the H2-A work visa program, while withholding their travel and identification documents and forcing them to work for little to no pay in inhumane living conditions.
Friday, November 5, 2021
Tuesday, November 10, 2020
Number of migrant children separated from parents higher than previously reported: NBC News | TheHill
... now say they haven't been able to find the parents of 666 children...
Saturday, September 12, 2020
Farmville, Va., covid outbreak linked to ICE flights bringing agents to protests - The Washington Post
The Trump administration flew immigrant detainees to Virginia this summer to facilitate the rapid deployment of Homeland Security tactical teams to quell protests in Washington, circumventing restrictions on the use of charter flights for employee travel, according to a current and a former U.S. official.
After the transfer, dozens of the new arrivals tested positive for the novel coronavirus, fueling an outbreak at the Farmville, Va., immigration jail that infected more than 300 inmates, one of whom died.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/coronavirus/ice-air-farmville-protests-covid/2020/09/11/f70ebe1e-e861-11ea-bc79-834454439a44_story.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/coronavirus/ice-air-farmville-protests-covid/2020/09/11/f70ebe1e-e861-11ea-bc79-834454439a44_story.html
Wednesday, April 1, 2020
Trump Admin Deporting Unaccompanied Minors Due To Coronavirus Guidance
A refugee advocate said the administration was “using” a public health crisis “to advance their long-standing goal of overturning US laws protecting vulnerable children."....
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/hamedaleaziz/coronavirus-unaccompanied-minors-deported
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/hamedaleaziz/coronavirus-unaccompanied-minors-deported
Wednesday, November 13, 2019
John Denholm, Houston prosecutor, accused of not filing sex assault charges over victim's immigration status - The Washington Post
The cry for help came from a holding cell.
A Houston police officer heard the plea on Nov. 1, turning to find an inmate standing while handcuffed to a chair and pointing to the prisoner next to him, Karl Bonner. The officer rushed into the cell and separated the two men — only to learn that Bonner had allegedly exposed himself and attempted to force the man’s face into his crotch, according to the Houston Police Officers’ Union.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/11/08/john-denholm-houston-prosecutor-illegal-immigrant/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/11/08/john-denholm-houston-prosecutor-illegal-immigrant/
Wednesday, September 25, 2019
Immigrants fill this town’s schools. Their bus driver doesn’t want them there - The Washington Post
In rural Worthington, Minn., a surge of unaccompanied minors has crowded schools and left residents divided over funding an expansion.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/immigration/immigrant-kids-fill-this-towns-schools-their-bus-driver-resents-the-system-that-brought-them-here/2019/09/22/861c0fb4-d321-11e9-9610-fb56c5522e1c_story.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/immigration/immigrant-kids-fill-this-towns-schools-their-bus-driver-resents-the-system-that-brought-them-here/2019/09/22/861c0fb4-d321-11e9-9610-fb56c5522e1c_story.html
Wednesday, August 14, 2019
Border Patrol Agent Admits To Intentionally Hitting Migrant With Truck - HuffPost
An Arizona Border Patrol agent who intentionally struck a Guatemalan migrant with his truck in 2017 -- allegedly almost running him over -- has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge for violating the man's rights. The agent, 39-year-old Matthew Bowen who was stationed in the border town of Nogales, faces up to $100,000 in fines and could spend a year behind bars.....
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/arizona-border-patrol-agent-matthew-bowen-pleads-guilty_n_5d526bc8e4b0cfeed1a293e2
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/arizona-border-patrol-agent-matthew-bowen-pleads-guilty_n_5d526bc8e4b0cfeed1a293e2
Wednesday, August 7, 2019
Mexican Police Kill Migrant in Front of His Daughter - Newsweek
A central American man who was trying to get to the United States was shot dead by Mexican police in front of his 8-year-old daughter, it has been reported. The man was in a group of 10 migrants which had been staying at the migrant camp in Saltillo, Coahuila region, around 180 miles from the border with the U.S., according to the Spanish newspaper El Pais. .
https://www.newsweek.com/mexico-migration-el-salvador-honduras-saltillo-coahuila-1452283
https://www.newsweek.com/mexico-migration-el-salvador-honduras-saltillo-coahuila-1452283
Saturday, June 8, 2019
Immigrants play big role in elder, disabled care in U.S. Experts warn about immigration limits. - NBC News
"This industry needs people round the clock. Immigrants disproportionately take the night shifts," said Dr. Zallman. "They are really filling the gaps."
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/immigrants-play-big-role-elder-disabled-care-u-s-experts-n1014046
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/immigrants-play-big-role-elder-disabled-care-u-s-experts-n1014046
Wednesday, May 22, 2019
‘Mindless murdering savages’: Border agent used slurs before allegedly hitting migrant with his truck - The Washington Post
Agent Matthew Bowen faces felony charges for allegedly striking a Guatemalan man with his truck and lying about it on reports.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/05/20/mindless-murdering-savages-border-agent-used-slurs-before-allegedly-hitting-migrant-with-his-truck/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/05/20/mindless-murdering-savages-border-agent-used-slurs-before-allegedly-hitting-migrant-with-his-truck/
Monday, May 13, 2019
“The Fourth Amendment Doesn’t Apply Here” — U.S. Border Guards Arrest Arizona Immigrant Rights Volunteer - The Intercept
U.S. border officials arrested a human rights advocate, denying her access to an attorney when she accompanied an asylum-seeker to a border crossing.
https://theintercept.com/2019/05/09/asylum-border-humanitarian-aid/
https://theintercept.com/2019/05/09/asylum-border-humanitarian-aid/
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